Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia

<p>This book focuses on South and Southeast Asia upgrades our understanding of the influence of multiple sociopolitical and governance factors on climate change and risks. Moving beyond science and technology-oriented discussions on climate change it argues that the real solutions to climate change problems lie in societies governance systems non-state actors and the power and politics underpinning these systems. </p><p>It presents a range of detailed conceptual empirical and policy-oriented insights from different nations of South and Southeast Asia including India Bangladesh Sri Lanka Indonesia Vietnam Maldives and Bhutan. The chapters bring forth critical discussions of climate change covering a diverse range of topics including livelihoods gender community perspectives relocation resilience local politics climate change communication governance and policy responses. By investigating climate change vulnerabilities and as well as offering feasible solutions to the states and other non-state actors in responding to climate change and risks this book deepens our existing knowledge of the social and political dimensions of climate change.</p><p>With interdisciplinary perspectives this book will appeal to all students researchers and scholars of environmental studies geography disaster studies sociology policy studies development studies and political science. It provides valuable reading to practitioners policymakers and professionals working in related fields.</p>